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Two senators are trying to force a vote this week on a new measure that would prevent federal officials from “carry[ing] out activities that prevent or interfere with the implementation of State laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of marijuana.”

The amendment, filed on Tuesday by U.S. Sens. Cory Gardner (R-CO) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), would still allow the feds to go after any cannabis operator who violates the guidelines of two Obama-era marijuana memos, even though those documents were rescinded by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions earlier this year.

The bipartisan duo is seeking to attach the language to a broad bill funding parts of the federal government for Fiscal Year 2019.